Elevation

Elevation is the vertical distance (height) of a location above or below a reference point such as the mean sea level or ground level. The ArcGIS Elevation service allows you to find the elevation based on a datumA datum is a mathematical model of the Earth's shape used to measure locations (horizontal datums) and elevations (vertical datums).Learn more (mean sea level or ground level) for locations on land or water. It can be used to develop many types of applications that inspect the height of terrain or find the depth of lakes or oceans. This section shows you how to use the service.

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Find the elevation of a point

Find elevation value of a single location on land or water.

LeafletMapLibre GL JSOpenLayersCesiumJSREST JSREST API

Find the elevations of multiple points

Find elevation values of multiple locations on land or water.

LeafletMapLibre GL JSOpenLayersCesiumJSREST JSREST API

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